The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, recently said that its support for the Labour Party, LP for the 2023 general election has not changed its position on petrol subsidy. The NLC has opposed attempts by the government to remove subsidies without first of all repairing the nation’s refineries to work effectively. The Labour Party presidential candidate,…
A PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO, LEADER OF AFENIFERE, ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022, 11:00AM, AT WHEATBAKER HOTEL, IKOYI, LAGOS STATE. Why Afenifere Supports South East Presidential Candidate For 2023 Presidency? Before the political parties conducted their primaries, a journalist asked what is my view about the 2023 general election? I answered and…
Social activist Aisha Yesufu has said that she is ready to criticise the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on any of his wrong moves. Yesufu said that her loyalty is to Nigeria and not the LP standard bearer. Yesufu stated these via a tweet on her verified Twitter handle recently. Yesufu said…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerians not to make the mistake of voting those he described as killers into elective positions. He gave the charge on Sunday in Uyo during a special interdenominational service to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of Akwa Ibom State. “In 2023, you…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called on political leaders across the country to step up and assuage the pains of Nigerians on many fronts due to poor governance and inefficiency or expect a surprise from the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obaseki, while speaking to government house correspondents in Benin…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has described the fuel subsidy regime in Nigeria as an organized crime. He also called on the federal government to find a solution to the challenge by encouraging private sector refining. Obi made the submission on Monday while speaking as the guest speaker at the…
A Board of Trustee (BoT) member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the composition of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. The PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had named Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State as the party’s campaign Director-General. They also named Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State as the…
The Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has accused mischief makers of interpreting his tweet out of context. Recall that while reacting on Saturday to a viral video where two men were seen wrestling with an armed officer, Adejobi had said “even if a policeman on uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have blocked roads leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to protest the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NANS had on Sunday threatened to ground activities at both local and international airports across the country beginning on Monday, September 19,…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused to disqualify the candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, from participating in the 2023 presidential election. The court, in a judgement that was delivered on Monday by Justice Donatus Okorowo, held that a suit the Peoples Democratic…
